Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, IN

Most working residents leave Center for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (16%), Center (11%) and Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,080 of 6,546 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,466 Center residents head out of town to work, 1,080 work right here, and 5,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

5,466live here, work elsewhere

1,080live and work here

5,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Danville1.6 mi away

16%1,060

Center20.3 mi away

11%741

Wayne13.8 mi away

7%455

Plainfield9.6 mi away

6%395

Avon6.8 mi away

6%383

Pike15.4 mi away

5%311

Washington21.4 mi away

4%235

Brownsburg8.5 mi away

3%226

Carmel24 mi away

3%210

Warren26.8 mi away

2%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,415

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Center commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

46%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

6,247 jobs are based in Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Center

6,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Center residents hold

6,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 5,268 → 6,247. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.